形容詞 flammable:

1. easily ignited
   同義詞：inflammable

1. Any of several highly volatile, flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons distilled from petroleum, coal tar, and natural gas and used as fuel, as solvents, and in making various chemicals.
   石腦油一種高度揮發(fā)性的易燃液態(tài)碳?xì)浠衔锘旌衔?，從石油、煤焦油和天然氣中提煉出來，并用作石油、溶劑和制造各種化合物中
2. Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; flammable.
   易燃的很容易被點(diǎn)燃并迅速燃燒的; 可燃燒的
3. Not flammable, especially not readily ignited and not rapidly burned.
   不易燃的不易燃的，尤指不容易點(diǎn)燃或不能快速燃燒的

flam.ma.ble

adj.（形容詞）
Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable.
可燃的，易燃的：容易點(diǎn)燃和能夠迅速燃燒的；可燃的

來源：
From Latin flamm3re [to set fire to]
源自 拉丁語 flamm3re [放火]
from flamma [flame] * see bhel-
源自 flamma [火焰] *參見 bhel-

【引伸】
flam.mabil.ity
n.（名詞）
flam.mable
n.（名詞）
Historically,flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. However, the presence of the prefixin- has misled many people into assuming that inflammable means .not flammable. or .noncombustible.. In the circumstances,it is therefore advisable to use onlyflammable in contexts imparting warnings or on product labels, where a misinterpretation might have more serious consequences for the reader than an etymological mistake would deserve.
歷史上，flammable 和 inflammable 的意思是一樣的。 然而，前綴in- 的存在誤導(dǎo)了許多人，使他們以為 inflammable 意思為.不可燃的.或.不易燃燒的.。 基于此情況，在發(fā)出警告或制作標(biāo)簽時(shí)，建議只用flammable ，因?yàn)榻忉尩腻e(cuò)誤可能比詞源學(xué)的錯(cuò)誤帶來的后果更嚴(yán)重